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Using Camtasia to Supplement your Instruction

So much of online instruction is text-based -- as in bullets. Spice up your presentation with video web-site tours and video-based instructional materials to make your point. Want to find out more about this computer-screen video-capture program?

Welcome to the Camtasia Video Help section of Providence College's Instructional Technology Development Program web site. Here you'll find a collection of video tutorial files developed by both TechSmith.com (the creators of Camtasia) and by the ITDP here at Providence College; these Flash-based videos will assist in getting you up and running with your computer screen captures.

	Want to find out more about this computer screen capture program? Check this out... Interested in downloading a free trial version for a 30-day tryout? Try this... Note: You can obtain a copy of Camtasia from the ITDP Office after you've tried out the 30-day trial version, and detailed a justification in terms of how you would use the product.

In this Camtasia tutorial, you’ll learn: q Overview the basic screen capture process Find out where the software can be obtained online. Explore the different ways you can capture graphics, text, screens, and web site graphics. Press F11 for full-screen view!!

For this tutorial, you'll need the Flash Player which is down-loadable here. You probably already have it installed in your browser, so try the tutorial first... Like to learn a little more in terms of how to use the program via some advanced topics that we haven't covered in this video library? Here are some online tutorials at the Techsmith site...

Using Video Tutorials

Need a tutorial? Got a suggestion?

Contact the ITDP office at ITDP.Providence.edu!
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Things to Know about Using these Tutorial Files...

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The majority of the files linked to this page are Flash files; compared to other types of video or animation files, these tend to be small in size. Thus, they should run fine on the PC network ar at home via cable modem access.

If you are relying on telephone dial-up, you will probably find that they run very slowly.

To play the videos, you'll need the most recent version of the Flash player. The player is free and, once installed, automatically plugs into Microsoft Explorer and Netscape. Chances are, you already have this plugin installed on your machine.

If you do get an error message when attempting to play the tutorial, you'll need to get the player, available on this page at Macromedia.com. It's free and only takes about 30 seconds to install; you'll only need to do this once. Here's how you do the installation...

If you need help, contact the ITDP Office.